Congo peafowl (Afropavo congensis) Afropavo congensis
English: A pair of Congo Peafowl at Antwerp Zoo, Belgium.
Date 13 April 2008, 14:00:41
Source originally posted to Flickr as verleiding
Author frank wouters http://flickr.com/photos/90901507@N00
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Afropavo_congensis_-Antwerp_Zoo_-pair-8a.jpg
The Congo peafowl (Afropavo congensis), known as the mbulu by the Congolese, is a species of peafowl native to the Congo Basin. It is one of three extant species of peafowl, the other two being the Indian peafowl (originally of India and Sri Lanka) and the green peafowl (native to Burma and Indochina).
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Phasianinae
Genus: Afropavo
Species: Afropavo congensis Chapin, 1936
